July 2025
Plants:
* Ficus microcarpa
* Fittonia spp. (hybrid)
* Selaginella kraussiana (moss)
* Campylopus introflexus (moss)
Light source: Natural light (window)
Water cycle: distilled water, probably once a year in a closed cycle.
Substrate: 50% coconut fiber, 25% blonde peat, 20% volcanic black sand, 2.5% powdered worm humus, 2.5% activated charcoal, on a volcanic gravel drainage layer.
Other elements: Volcanic rocks, amethysts.
Enclosure: Glass dome, 19 cm diameter, 30 cm height.
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July 2025
Plants:
* Ficus microcarpa
* Fittonia spp. (hybrid)
* Selaginella kraussiana (moss)
* Campylopus introflexus (moss)
Light source: Natural light (window)
Water cycle: distilled water, probably once a year in a closed cycle.
Substrate: 50% coconut fiber, 25% blonde peat, 20% volcanic black sand, 2.5% powdered worm humus, 2.5% activated charcoal, on a volcanic gravel drainage layer.
Other elements: Volcanic rocks, amethysts.
Enclosure: Glass dome, 19 cm diameter, 30 cm height.
I love the arrangement very aesthetically pleasing. I didn’t know thick caudex ficuses were also used in terrariums
I have a birthday coming up too
Does it not affect the amethyst if it gets wet? I wouldn’t know, but I heard some crystals disintegrate when they get wet.